Spring 2009 Hardcovers: Poetry
Edited by Dick Donahue and Juan Martinez Compiled by Alia Akkam, Robert Dahlin, Natalie Danford, Charles Hix, Diane Patrick, Sarah Robbins, Judith Rosen, Oona Short and Skip Skwarek. -- Publishers Weekly, 1/26/2009
AKASHIC BOOKS
Infinity Blues (Apr., $24.95) by Ryan Adams debuts the songwriter's nonmusical writing in book form.
BEACON PRESS
(dist. by HMH)
Evidence (Apr., $23) by Mary Oliver gathers 44 poems.
COPPER CANYON PRESS
(dist. by Consortium)
In Search of Small Gods (Apr., $22) by Jim Harrison traverses terrains both real and imagined.
HANGING LOOSE PRESS
Face (Apr.; $28, paper $18) by Sherman Alexie represents the National Book Award winner's first collection in nine years.
The One and Only Human Galaxy (Apr.; $28, paper $18) by Elizabeth Swados. The composer, novelist and children's book author presents her first book of poetry.
INTERLINK
Almond Blossoms and Beyond (Mar., $25) by Mahmoud Darwish, trans. by Mohammad Shaheen. The first English translation of the late Palestinian exile's work.
LIBRARY OF AMERICA
Poems from the Women's Movement (Apr., $20), edited by Honor Moore, draws work from the'60s,'70s and'80s. $20,000 ad/promo.
PERSEA
(dist. by W.W. Norton)
Apocalyptic Swing (Aug., $22.95) by Gabrielle Calvocoressi speaks of personal deliverance from American abandonment and violence.
QUANTUCK LANE PRESS
(dist. by W.W. Norton)
Karma, Dharma, Pudding & Pie (Apr., $24.95) by Philip Appleman probes the world's absurdity.
WESLEYAN UNIV. PRESS
(dist. by UPNE)
Paris Spleen: Little Poems in Prose (May, $22.95) by Charles Baudelaire, trans. by Keith Waldrop, sets out on a tour of 1850s Paris.
